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Definition of John Ciardi
1. Noun. United States poet and critic (1916-1986).
Lexicographical Neighbors of John Ciardi
Literary usage of John Ciardi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Airpower Comes of Age: General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold's World War II by Henry Harley Arnold, John W. Huston (2001)
"The American poet John Ciardi, a B-29 gunner who flew from Saipan, as well as some
... See John Ciardi, Saipan: The War Diary of John Ciardi (Fayetteville, ..."
2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"1983 I once had a dentist who never failed to say “open widely” —John Ciardi, in
Harper 1985 Lamberts 1972 lists the disputed adverbs muchly, ..."
3. Teaching Children to Be Literate: A Reflective Approach by Anthony V. Manzo, Ula Casale Manzo (1995)
"... 1974) A Light in The Attic, Shel Silverstein (HarperCollins, 1974) You Read
to Me, I'll Read to You, John Ciardi. ..."
4. Supporting Struggling Readers and Writers: Strategies for Classroom by Dorothy S. Strickland, Kathy Ganske, Joanne K. Monroe (2002)
"Gasparro and Falletta recommend poems such as "Woodpecker in Disguise" by Grace
Taber Hillock or "Read This with Gestures" by John Ciardi as good selections ..."
5. Family Words: The Dictionary for People Who Don't Know a Frone from a Brinkle by Paul Dickson (1998)
"In his last book, Good Words to You, John Ciardi discusses the word as "fad slang"
and suggests its roots are in the Yiddish ..."
6. Mike Leibig Traveling in Disguise by Michael T. Leibig (2003)
"The scorekeeping Dad taught revealed "how baseball means" in exactly the way I
later learned about poetry. John Ciardi writes in How Does a Poem Mean ? ..."
7. New Classic Poems: Contemporary Verse that Rhymes : an Anthology / Compiled by McAlister, Neil Harding, 1952-, Day, Jonathan (2005)
"Poet, teacher, editor and noted critic John Ciardi once warned that "there will
never be a complete system for ... 'judging' poetry."2 Therefore three equal ..."
8. Hacking College by Dean Kohrs (2006)
"--John Ciardi In the last chapter, we looked at issues that you could face while
getting into college. In this chapter, I want to concentrate on the issues ..."
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